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| author | Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> | 2025-10-30 15:20:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-11-07 13:15:33 +0000 |
| commit | d412d2747595c1cc4a5e3ca975e3adc31b2f7891 (patch) | |
| tree | 6182097ef6fa5b9bccfa095d00962cd505dd48f2 | |
| parent | bf82e3f6b4a4031eed97883526d7410720d1b8c6 (diff) | |
| download | poky-d412d2747595c1cc4a5e3ca975e3adc31b2f7891.tar.gz | |
ref-manual/terms.rst: update Poky description
Poky as in the repository will no longer be updated. Update the
description of Poky to remove the last bullet point, and add a note to
say that Poky was used before.
(From yocto-docs rev: c6f5de9fdbab3f29336ac3bf30150de8777bcad7)
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index e25c714d9b..6a9f88061c 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | |||
| @@ -461,13 +461,28 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: | |||
| 461 | - A means by which to test the Yocto Project components (i.e. Poky | 461 | - A means by which to test the Yocto Project components (i.e. Poky |
| 462 | is used to validate the Yocto Project). | 462 | is used to validate the Yocto Project). |
| 463 | 463 | ||
| 464 | - A vehicle through which you can download the Yocto Project. | ||
| 465 | |||
| 466 | Poky is not a product level distro. Rather, it is a good starting | 464 | Poky is not a product level distro. Rather, it is a good starting |
| 467 | point for customization. | 465 | point for customization. |
| 468 | 466 | ||
| 469 | .. note:: | 467 | .. note:: |
| 470 | 468 | ||
| 469 | Poky also used to be a repository containing the combination of | ||
| 470 | :term:`BitBake`, :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)`, the | ||
| 471 | :yocto_git:`meta-yocto </meta-yocto>` repository and the Yocto Project | ||
| 472 | documentation -- which were combined with the :yocto_git:`combo-layer | ||
| 473 | </poky-config>` tool. | ||
| 474 | |||
| 475 | This repository is still hosted at :yocto_git:`/poky` and is still | ||
| 476 | updated for maintained releases that are older than Whinlatter (5.3). | ||
| 477 | Newer releases now use ``bitbake-setup`` to clone and setup the initial | ||
| 478 | :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` environment. For more information on | ||
| 479 | how to use ``bitbake-setup``, see the :doc:`/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index` | ||
| 480 | document. An alternative can be to setup the above repositories | ||
| 481 | manually, by following the :doc:`/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup` | ||
| 482 | section of the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. | ||
| 483 | |||
| 484 | .. note:: | ||
| 485 | |||
| 471 | Poky began as an open-source project initially developed by | 486 | Poky began as an open-source project initially developed by |
| 472 | OpenedHand. OpenedHand developed Poky from the existing | 487 | OpenedHand. OpenedHand developed Poky from the existing |
| 473 | OpenEmbedded build system to create a commercially supportable | 488 | OpenEmbedded build system to create a commercially supportable |
